Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-03-31
MISSING LINKS.

Not as much of the spider-leg style of
handwriting is seen now lin society
as Il few years ago.
Some dudes now affect the Scotch
shawl instead of overcoat. and the High
land cap and streamers.
Lace is driving out frilling in En-
gland. and Honiton factories are turn
ing out all they can, while more is
wanted
COL Bob Ingersoll has recently been
delving in New England documents of
Puritan days for material for a new
lecture.
A resident of Savannah exhibits 124
large sweet potatoes which were grown
on single vine. They completely till
barrel.
The wood-pulp mills at Brunswick.
Me-, are being worked to their full
capacity to fill the unusually large
number of orders that are daily sent in.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has con-
tracued with an English publisher to
write series of articles on topics re-
lating to women for religious peri
odical.
Lady Colin Campbell wants to 90
upon the stage and her husband wants
new trial. If both succeed the dis
gusted public will want to take to the
woods.
A spruce-gum dealer in Byron, Me-.
employs twenty men to gather gum for
him. He expects to secure ten tons
this winter, for which he will have a
ready sale.
Gen. Sherman, it now appears, does
not like New York any better than St.
Louis. He has bought the large double
house built by Secretary Stanton in
Washington, and will go there to live
A $4,000 clean up on Comstock
shares was the snug little pocket sum an
engineer on the Modoc mine, in Mon
tana. recently took in. He has gone to
Frisco to eat seatish and breathe salt
air.
A Nevada paper is in favor of legal
izing lotteries in that state in order to
keep at home the large amount of
money sent away every month for in
vestment in foreign enterprises of that
kind.
Ex-Gov. Faircbild, of Wisconsin,, is
quoted rs saying that something ought
to be done to prevent the transmission
of big fortunes, and that nobody has a
right to more than S1,O00.O0O in n free
country.
One of the workmen in a Naugatuck,
n. Y, foundry gets an occasional dime
from visitors, who think it worth that
to see him plunge his bare hand into
the molten iron again and again with
no harm.
Sarah Winnemucca writes from Love-
struction of the Indians crops by the
cattle and hogs belonging to white peo-
pie, and asks if there is no law for the
protection of the Piute's crops.
Jay Gould is making desperate efforts
to break into the inner circle of what is
called society in New York, and
will shortly give Il bail for his son
George and wife which is intended to
eclipse the most extravaganza efforts of
the Vandcrbilts.
At the recent White House reception
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, was accom-
panied bv about twenty-five Young
local seminary. AS the Senator entered
the Blue Room the usher, in II loud
voice. announced Senator Pugh ana
family"
Walla Walla boasts of a lucky man
named G. G. Cunningham. who won
81, 500 on Cleveland's election, 1920 on
the last election in Washington terri
tory, and who has just cleaned up S49,-
700 from an investment of 800 in Con-
solidated California and Virginia min
ing stock.
Several young ladies of Modesto,
Cal. having, no doubt, become tired OF
waiting in vain for the young men TO
ask them TO 90 to the theater. formed
themselves into a sort of "GO-lt-alone-
club" and twelve of them marched i'll
single file into the hail when an enter
tainment was given recently.
Lieut.. William H. Emory, who has
been assigned to the command of the
United States steamer Tnets, was COM
mander of the Bear, one Of the Greel y
relief expedition, and pushed the vessel
through the ice-packs in advance of all
the other vessels, notwithstanding the
fact that the whalers had the stimulus
of the $4,000 reward offered by the
government.
1t has hitherto been supposed that
Jay Gould's riches mounted up near the
nine-fgure mark. This appears to
have been Il mistake, however. His
personal property, which is ninety
nine-hundredths of the value of all his
belongings, amounts to only 100000.
At least this is what he has told the
New York assessors. And there is no
good reason to assume that Jay would
lie about q small matter like S00.OOO,-
900 or 800, 100000.
John W. Bookwalter spends his sum-
mers in New York and his winters in
Egypt, India, or on the shores of the
Mediterranean. He has recently sent
home an exquisite collection of rugs
and tapestries, which he will add to his
unequaled collection. Mr.. Bookwalter
is an enthusiastic admrer of these
works of art. and. when he sees one
that takes his eye, he never dickers
about the price He has invested a very
pretty fortune in these treasures and